A History of Roman Classical LiteratureR. Bentley, 1853 - 591 strán (strany) |
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Strana iii
... period of less than four centuries . The imperial city had been founded for upwards of five hundred years without exhibiting more than those rudest germs of literary taste which are common to the most uncivilized nations , without ...
... period of less than four centuries . The imperial city had been founded for upwards of five hundred years without exhibiting more than those rudest germs of literary taste which are common to the most uncivilized nations , without ...
Strana v
... period in which literature did not require to be fostered and pro- tected by the patronage of the wealthy and powerful . Even tragedy never captivated the feelings or acquired an influence over the minds of the people at large as it did ...
... period in which literature did not require to be fostered and pro- tected by the patronage of the wealthy and powerful . Even tragedy never captivated the feelings or acquired an influence over the minds of the people at large as it did ...
Strana vi
... period ; and the comedies of Plautus and Terence were then written , which have survived to command the admiration of modern times . Although , at this epoch , the language was elaborately polished and embellished with the utmost ...
... period ; and the comedies of Plautus and Terence were then written , which have survived to command the admiration of modern times . Although , at this epoch , the language was elaborately polished and embellished with the utmost ...
Strana vii
... period at which the language attained its greatest perfection ; for the structure , power , and genius of a language must be judged of by its prose , and not by its poetry . Cicero is the representative of this era as an orator and ...
... period at which the language attained its greatest perfection ; for the structure , power , and genius of a language must be judged of by its prose , and not by its poetry . Cicero is the representative of this era as an orator and ...
Strana viii
... period of intellectual darkness succeeded , the influence which the capital had lost was taken up by the provinces , and thus the way was paved for the inroad of barbarism . Such is the outline of this work ; and if the reader finds ...
... period of intellectual darkness succeeded , the influence which the capital had lost was taken up by the provinces , and thus the way was paved for the inroad of barbarism . Such is the outline of this work ; and if the reader finds ...
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Strana 251 - Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where your old bards, the famous druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream! Had ye been there — for what could that have done?
Strana 342 - ... tu inventrix legum, tu magistra morum et disciplinae fuisti. Ad te confugimus, a te opem petimus, tibi nos, ut antea magna ex parte, sic nunc penitus totosque tradimus.
Strana 64 - Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides : — • Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty...
Strana 249 - Pollio, et incipient magni procedere menses, te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras, ille deum vitam accipiet, divisque videbit 15 permixtos heroas, et ipse videbitur illis, pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem.
Strana 56 - Nor is this to be wondered at, when it is remembered that the...
Strana 175 - ... rei gerendae ei defuit : urbanas rusticasque res pariter callebat. ad summos honores alios scientia iuris, alios eloquentia, alios gloria militaris provexit : huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...
Strana 160 - Virtus, Albine, est pretium persolvere verum, Queis in versamur, queis vivimu', rebu', potesse : Virtus est homini, scire id, quod quaeque habeat res.
Strana 407 - Ubique mors est : optime hoc cavit Deus Eripere vitam nemo non homini potest; At nemo mortem : mille ad hanc aditus patent".
Strana 454 - Quem de visceribus traxerat ipsa suis : Si qua fides, vulnus quod feci, non dolet, inquit; Sed quod tu facies, id mihi, Pâte, doletb.
Strana 287 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?